Parents Need To Watch and Protect Their Kids Online
Kids are vulnerable because they are naive to the bad people in the world and are overly trusting or they think they are tougher, badder than the bad guys. Parents need to protect their children from these issues.
This youth minister some teens he knew to look over the things on their Web sites "through the eyes of faith", according to the Catholic News Service.
Kids need to keep their personal information offline for safety's sake. This school's Superintendent gives his opinions.
Kids are taking bullying to the next level. Cyberbullying is making it's appearence online as more and more kids are creating Web sites where other kids can post messages to them.
Kids younger than 14 are not supposed to be able to create a Web site profile on their own on MySpace, but they do. All they have to do is lie.
A lot of kids on the Net are finding their identity by posting their identity online. They create personal Web sites and add their most personal information. Their friends can find them, but so can the predators.
Teens are posting pics of themselves half nude, telling about how they get drunk and do drugs and do things that are illegal.
More kids are talking to adults online because of their personal Web site than you think, and even meeting strangers offline. Should you be worried about your kids?
Teens are posting semi nude pics on their personal Web sites and parents and teachers are horrified.
An elementary school finds out about some students who are bullying other students on the Internet. They let their parents know about it and develop a program to deter bullying.
How much do you really want to know about what your kids are doing online? Will you just read their Web site posts or will you warn them first? If you're looking to catch them in the act then by all means snoop without warning. If you want to read what they have to say but you don't want to read anything overly revealing then warn them first.
She's preventing her daughter from becoming a victim by watching her every move. It only takes 30 minutes a day. By investing in a spyware program she can now keep track of her daughter's online activities and keep her out of trouble at the first signs.
It's hard to say if things would have gone down the way they did for these teens if the boys parents were more involved in his online activities. Maybe they would have gotten him counseling, maybe not.
